Problem 4RCQ
What classical idea about space and time was rejected by Einstein?
Key Added notes from lecture Term: Definition/Example Diversity Lecture Handout 9/12/17 I. FROM C LIMATIC D ETERMINISM TO B IOLOGICAL D ETERMINISM The “authority” of scientific discourse. zên kata phusin – “to live in accordance with nature” Airs, Waters, Places - Nomos = law & custom behavior (e.g. monarchies cause slavish nature) - Phusis = nature & climate behavior (e.g. mild weather causes slavish nature) - Nomos and Phusis although opposites to an extent, are constantly in dialect with one another o Climatic Determinism: the idea that the airs, waters, and topography of a place determine the characteristics (physical, intellectual) of the flora, fauna, and inhabitants.
